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09462

ZIP 09462 is military mail, not a town: APO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Europe/London
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
51.4015, -1.3247
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Where 09462 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 09462
  • 🔢 Type 09462 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZghGO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 9,462 = 2 × 3 × 19 × 83. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 09461 (APO AE, a military post office, 113 mi away) and 09463 (APO AE, a military post office, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 09462 becomes 26490, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02649, 04629, 04926, 04962, 06249, 06492, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96204 in APO AA, a military post office, 5,544 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯4,415 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 09462 and you would come out at 51.40°S, 178.68°E — 612 miles from Christchurch, New Zealand, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 7h 51m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 09462

ZIPCityDistance
09447 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09463 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09495 APO AE, AE 0.0 mi
09456 APO AE, AE 28.9 mi
09471 APO AE, AE 29.3 mi
09472 APO AE, AE 35.4 mi
09449 APO AE, AE 37.7 mi
09494 APO AE, AE 41.5 mi
09467 APO AE, AE 47.3 mi
09421 FPO AE, AE 52.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 09462?

ZIP 09462 is military mail, not a town: APO AE, the Armed Forces Europe routing code, which covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 09462 in?

09462 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 09462?

The closest are 09447 (0 mi), 09463 (0 mi), 09495 (0 mi), 09456 (28.9 mi) and 09471 (29.3 mi).

Is 09462 a PO Box ZIP code?

09462 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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